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Aug. 11 2020
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CCBF 2020 online registration for visitors is now open!

If your principal occupation is focused on children's books publishing, education, entertainment and other industries related to children's contents, you can attend the fair free of charge.

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Jul. 23 2020
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Cho Sunkyunk, the many faces of illustration

China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF) is honoured to invite Cho Sunkyunk to join the jury of the 2020 Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition.

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Jul. 16 2020
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SHVIP: 2020 fellows announced

The Shanghai publishing scene is getting ready to welcome a new edition of the SHVIP fellowship.

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Jul. 14 2020
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Shapes and Colours Galore: Discover the geometric world of Philip Giordano

Philip Giordano is one of the five illustration specialists who have accepted to be part of the 2020 Golden Pinwheel Jury. He will be with us in Shanghai next November. Here is a sneak peek to make you wait until the CCBF great get-together.

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Jul. 08 2020
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The more, the merrier! Another successful submission campaign for the Golden Pinwheel in 2020

After a three-month submission campaign, the competition received an incredible number of artworks—11,190 pictures from 2,238 artists—representing a 12% increase of participation compared to 2019.

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Jun. 30 2020
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Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition: 2019 Grand Award winner Guilherme Karsten opens the door of his visual universe to CCBF

Guilherme Karsten is above all the winner of the 2019 Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Grand Award and one of the great artists who will visit us during the CCBF 2020.

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Jun. 18 2020
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Meet Jiu’er: The bright sprite of Chinese illustration

China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF) is honoured to invite Jiu'er to join the jury of the 2020 Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition. She is an Illustrator and Writer.

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Jun. 11 2020
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Meet Chen Hui: Leading researcher on picture book making

Chen Hui is a professor at the School of Chinese Language and Literature, a Ph.D. supervisor, and the director of the Research Centre on Chinese Picture Book Writing at Beijing Normal University.

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May. 19 2020
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China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair 2020 welcomes you!

This year, the eighth edition of China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF) will take place on 13–15 November at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Centre (SWEECC). 

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May. 15 2020
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Artistic adventures of a nomadic illustrator—interview with Rômolo D’Hipolito, 2019 Golden Pinwheel Special Mention winner

Today we will be introducing the Brazilian illustrator Rômolo Eduardo D'Hipólito who won the Special Mention of the 2019 edition of Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition. Let's follow D'Hipólito's steps and delve into his world of illustration!

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May. 11 2020
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SHVIP Fellowship: Broaden your publishing horizons, reconnect with the industry

Due to the exceptional circumstances, the application period has been extended to 15 June. We encourage you to seize every opportunity available at this moment. 

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Apr. 30 2020
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Put your boots on! We are going to a Forest Party with Li Jingxin, 2019 Golden Pinwheel Young Illustration Special Mention winner

Her work A Forest Party stood out from nearly 2000 international entries and won a Special Mention in the 2019 Golden Pinwheel Young Illustration Competition.

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Apr. 28 2020
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"Pink is the New Black": Enter the facetious world of Miguel Pang, 2019 Golden Pinwheel Special Mention winner

Today we will continue our discovery of the art and career of the four illustrators who won a Special Mention in 2019 edition of the competition. This article casts light on Miguel Pang (Barcelona, 1980) and his winning series, Mister Black.

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Apr. 16 2020
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Setting dreams on paper: The wonder worlds of Zhao Niaoer

Zhao Niaoer is one of the four artists who won a Golden Pinwheel Special Mention in the 2019 Young Illustrators Competition, and she is also the youngest illustrator ever to win an award in our competition.

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Apr. 10 2020
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Meeting Stefano Di Cristofaro, the winner of the Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Peoples's Choice Award 2019

We wanted to know more about Stefano and his friendly rabbit characters. So, we took a (virtual) plane across the ocean to ask him a few questions on his background and his work.

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